The Mission True or False?

______1. The movie begins in the year 1758.

______2. The missions were a refuge (shelter) for the Indians.

______3. The Indians tie a man to a cross that plunges down a waterfall.

______4. Father Gabriel climbs the waterfall cliff with ropes and pitons.

______5. Father Gabriel plays a drum in the middle of the jungle.

______6. Father Gabriel is welcomed by most of the Guaraní Indians.

______7. Rodrigo Mendoza traps the Indians in a net.

______8. Mendoza keeps the Indians as his own personal slaves.

______9. Carlotta loves Rodrigo, not Felipe.

_____ 10. The parade is not allowed into town. It takes place in the country.

_____ 11. Rodrigo kills his brother Felipe.

_____ 12. Father Gabriel says that Rodrigo is laughable.

_____ 13. As he climbs, Rodrigo drags a net full of large stones.

_____ 14. Fielding thinks that Rodrigo has done his penance long enough.

_____ 15. Rodrigo finally cuts loose the load he’s dragging.

_____ 16. Indian men paint Rodrigo’s arms and legs.

_____ 17. Rodrigo kills a wild pig with a spear.

_____ 18. Rodrigo reads the Bible.

_____ 19. Rodrigo becomes a Jesuit.

_____ 20. Don Cabeza says that an Indian boy is an animal.

_____ 21. Under no circumstances will the Guaraní kill children.

_____ 22. There are no Spaniards in South America who own true slaves.

_____ 23. Rodrigo refuses to apologize to Don Cabeza.

_____ 24. Altamirano goes on a tour of the missions.

_____ 25. The Guaraní make musical instruments.

_____ 26. Altamirano forces Fr. Gabriel to take him to Mission San Carlos.

_____ 27. Altamirano is angered by the reception he gets from the Guaraní

at San Carlos.

_____ 28. Altamirano tells the Indians to leave San Carlos mission.

_____ 29. The Indians ask why God has changed His mind.

_____ 30. The Indians say they will fight.

_____ 31. Altamirano says that those Jesuits who wish to stay at the mission

may do so.

_____ 32. Indian children think the devil is in the forest.

_____ 33. Rodrigo looks for and finds his old sword in the river.

_____ 34. Father Gabriel renounces his vows as a Jesuit.

_____ 35. Father Gabriel tells Rodrigo that God is love.

_____ 36. Portuguese soldiers take mission Indians captive.

_____ 37. Rodrigo refuses to kill a sleeping Portuguese soldier who

suddenly wakes up.

_____ 38. Rodrigo asks for Father Gabriel’s blessing.

_____ 39. The Portuguese hide themselves with brush and leaves.

_____ 40. The Portuguese fire a cannon from a boat.

_____ 41. During the battle, Fr. Gabriel celebrates a mass at the mission.

_____ 42. The Portuguese chasing Fielding manage to avoid going over the

falls.

_____ 43. The Portuguese let Father Gabriel live.

_____ 44. Cabeza says that the slaughter of the Indians was necessary.

_____ 45. An Indian girl retrieves a violin floating in the river.